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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 123
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Aegean Lamp
Comparanda
cf. Louvre MNB 3260
Comparanda
cf. AbadieReynalSodini1992, pp. 75-6, no. L51, fig. 32, pl. X:i, j (Thasos, end 5th-beginning 7th century)
Comparanda
cf. Bernhard1955, pp. 337-8, no. 356, pl. CVII (“Coptic“; Benaki Collection, from Egypt; Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw)
Comparanda
cf. Chrzsanovskietal2019, pp. 208-213, 215, nos. 1-4, figs. 2, 5 (variant A; State Historical Museum, Moscow and Hermitage; from North Black Sea)
Comparanda
cf. FischerWelling1984, p. 390, no. 53, pl. 25:2 (Münster)
Comparanda
cf. HippodromeII, fig. 40:3, 5 (Constantinople)
Comparanda
cf. Joly1974, p. 200, no. 1264, fig. 4, pl. LIV (similar format but degenerate design on discus?; Museo di Sabratha)
Comparanda
cf. Kobylina1978, pp. 160, 161, figs. 27, 28 (Chersonese and Olbia)
Comparanda
cf. Michelucci1975, p. 110, no. 378, pl. XXII (from Egypt; Museo Egizio, Florence)
Comparanda
cf. Rubright1973, p. 59, no. 54, pl. V (Sirmium)
Comparanda
cf. SalamineChypreVII, pp. 276-7, no. 837, pl. 46 (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia; T. Oziol)
Comparanda
cf. SarachaneII, pp. 82, 85-6, nos. 34-44, pl. 29 (Type 8; late 6th-7th centuries)
Comparanda
cf. Scorpan1978, p. 159, no. 12, pl. III (fragment; Sacidava, Romania)
Comparanda
cf. Sussman2017, pp. 200-201, no. 2394, fig. 158:1 (Israel Antiquities Authority)
Comparanda
cf. Welkov1935, p. 156, pl. 20, fig. 2:7 (Sadovsko Kale, Bulgaria, late 6th century)
Comparanda
cf. Zalesskaya1988, pp. 233-235, fig. 1 (Chersonese)
Comparanda
cf. Zhuravlev2007, pp. 223-224, fig. 17 (Chersonese)
Comparanda
cf. Zhuravlev2011, pp. 401-402, 412-414, figs. 8-9.2 (Chersonese)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pinkish red, very fine, slightly micaceous, rare tiny white and black bits), firing, and surface treatment (thin wash). Pontic: Chersonese? Lacks the finer detail and slip of Constantinopolitan products; see Chrzanovskietal2019, pp. 131-132.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of lateral to front left discus with adjacent shoulder and back left nozzle. Slight to moderate, sparse abrasion and scratching; more breaks; large, thin patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 86, no. 462, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.065
Estimated discus diameter
0.0535
Preserved height
0.019
Preserved length
0.0554
Preserved width
0.195
Weight (kg)
0.016
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 508 (Late Roman Pontic Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0508>